(Continued from page 1) captured Kassala, point in the Sudan, an important Tide Turn: s Compelled to Work for Germans Jerusalem, May 19.
Materials in exchange for compulsory labour service was the bargain recently struck between M. Pavelitch, Croat leader, with the Nazi authorities according to reliable intermat in the Middle East.
But at the end of the year the tide turned and while the Ttalian armies were smashed in Libya, British forces retook Kassala and advanced deeply into Eritrea, South African forces swept into' Italian Somaliland, and in Abyssinia bands of patriots, organized by British officers harried the Italians in every direction, Despatch of 53.000 labourers to Germany was part of the plan, it is asserted. In return Croatia gets ersatz goods, It is alo stated that capital punishment has been introduced in Croatia for the printing and spreading of "seditious" leaflets, ecomic sabotage and strikes—Reuter The' Duke of Aosta, who had been made Commander-in-Chief of the Italian forces in East Africa at the beginning of the war, was Aircraft Letter Service For British Troops now in a very precarious position With the British Navy commanding the sea he could not hope for any reinforcements or supplies and he was hampered by the presence of a great number of Italian women and children whom he had caused to be concentrated at Addis Abal In February, 1941, Mussolini pro-noted him a General of the Italian air force, In telegraphing his thanks the Duke added "We will last somehow," Now, he is a prisoner, of war~ Reuter, London. May 19.
A new aircraft letter service from troops of the Middle East to Britain has been inaugurated by General Sir Archibald Wavell in General Sir John Dill, Chie!
Imperial General Staff, beginning "My dear Jack" and signed "Yours ever, Archie Wavell."
General Wavell says the service will mean a lot to a great many people, and hopes that it will be possibto to keep it up regularly.—Reuter Troops May Reinforce Near East Chinese Government London, May 19, Many thousands of hardened troops and hundreds of planes may be released from Ethiopia within the next few days to reinforce the Empire armies in the Near East as u result of the bid by the Duke of Aosta, Vicery of Ethiopic render terms, it was today.
Military experts here believed that the expected surrentcr of the Italians in the Amba Alagi region would be promptly followed by the sur render or the collapse of other force estimated at about 30,000 Italia soldiers and 30,000 Italian colonists who have remained, in parts of the country not yet captured by the British.
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